A study of the genus Sphex Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from India

S. Anagha; Puthuvayi Girish Kumar; Vishwanath D. Hegde

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (Dec 2021)

A study of the genus Sphex Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from India

S. Anagha,
Puthuvayi Girish Kumar,
Vishwanath D. Hegde

Affiliations

S. Anagha: Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India.
Puthuvayi Girish Kumar: Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India.
Vishwanath D. Hegde: Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 4
pp. 449 – 465

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The genus Sphex Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) is studied from India and key to Indian species is provided. The state-wise distributions of four species of Sphex are augmented here. A new synonymy is proposed: Sphex zubaidiyacus Augul, 2013 = S. obscurus (Fabricius, 1804).

Published in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

ISSN: 2423-8112 (Online)
Publisher: Tarbiat Modares University
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General); Science: Biology (General): Life; Science: Zoology; Agriculture; Science: Biology (General): Ecology
Website: https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/

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